God is moving in CR

 By Carl Kimbro, Fellowship Bible Church Celebrate Recovery Devotional Team, 11/17/21 Recently, the focus question for Friday night open share at Celebrate Recovery involved these words from the Serenity Prayer: “Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace.” I spent many nights repeating those words over and over and asking God to let that be true in my chaotic, stressful life where peace didn’t seem to exist. When I think of the word “peace,” I think of a relaxed person in tune with both God and the world around them. A person at peace has a mind that doesn’t feel mentally fatigued and is free from worry and stress.  I view peace as something that comes from turning our troubles, worries, fears and cares over to God. Doing this isn’t always easy. For myself, I know the problem. It’s me not trusting Him to give me peace. It’s me trying to find peace on my own apart from God. 1 Peter 5:7 says, “Cast your anxiety on Him because He cares for you”.  Peter is explaining God...

  By Eric Hutchinson, Fellowship Rogers CR Training Coach, 11/3/21 What do you think of when you hear the word fear? I immediately think of my childhood worries. I was scared of the dark and would sometimes lay in bed sweating in fear. I would worry that something was in my dark bedroom that might hurt me. I was also scared of the ocean because I saw the movie Jaws when I was 8 and was really afraid that a shark might eat me if I was to go into the ocean. I remember being scared of a bully in my neighborhood who would get physical if you didn’t do what he said.   The word fear seems to equate to being scared or really worried about something. So, when the Bible says that I should Fear the Lord, I immediately equate that to being scared of God.   The Bible says in Proverbs 1:7, “ The fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge .” That’s a huge claim and emphasizes the importance of fearing God.  Proverbs 14:7 says, “The fear of the Lord is a ...